elisha wiesner wrote: Wed Mar 09, 2022 10:55 am

TylerDeadPine wrote: Wed Mar 09, 2022 10:49 am nice! What finish are you applying?

I use lacquer or shellac. This one is shellac. I actually brush on the first bunch of coats and then french polish from there. If it was going to someone who was going to be touring or heavily gigging or something like that, I would also do a few coats of lacquer over the shellac although I've found that if you give it enough time between the final coats and final sanding/buffing, it's a durable finish and I love how it sounds.

TylerDeadPine wrote: Wed Mar 09, 2022 2:05 pm

elisha wiesner wrote: Wed Mar 09, 2022 10:55 am

TylerDeadPine wrote: Wed Mar 09, 2022 10:49 am nice! What finish are you applying?

I use lacquer or shellac. This one is shellac. I actually brush on the first bunch of coats and then french polish from there. If it was going to someone who was going to be touring or heavily gigging or something like that, I would also do a few coats of lacquer over the shellac although I've found that if you give it enough time between the final coats and final sanding/buffing, it's a durable finish and I love how it sounds.

I thought that might be the case, looks fantastic ! I love the way shellac sounds, looks (and if zinsser, smells) - I just did a project with some linseed to deepen the grain, was concerned about adhesion so applied shellac and forgot how enjoyable it can be to have a coat of finish dry in 30 mins.

steve wrote: Mon Mar 14, 2022 11:10 am Just catching up
All that driftwood ebony is absolutely gorgeous. Could no be more jealous.
Elisha that guitar, like your guitars in general is fucking gorgeous. Is that another redwood top? Fuck me running you make nice guitars.

Wood is incredible. That we have it at all, that we get to use it for things, all of it is amazing.

barnicle wrote: Sat Mar 26, 2022 6:31 pm I'm going to Spain in a couple of weeks to take a guitar building course. It's a month long course - I get to keep the guitar I build.

https://europeaninstituteofguitarmaking.com/

Still deciding whether I should make a classical or flamenco guitar. I already have a nice classical built by a luthier in Woodridge, so I'm leaning toward flamenco. I've been wanting to learn flamenco for a while.

Looking forward to living in a small Spanish town as a local for a month as much as the course. I'll post some stuff while I"m there.

barnicle wrote: Sat Mar 26, 2022 6:31 pm I'm going to Spain in a couple of weeks to take a guitar building course. It's a month long course - I get to keep the guitar I build.

https://europeaninstituteofguitarmaking.com/

Still deciding whether I should make a classical or flamenco guitar. I already have a nice classical built by a luthier in Woodridge, so I'm leaning toward flamenco. I've been wanting to learn flamenco for a while.

Looking forward to living in a small Spanish town as a local for a month as much as the course. I'll post some stuff while I"m there.

elisha wiesner wrote: Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:34 am In the 1850's a ship carrying a full load of ebony logs hit some rocks and sank off the coast here. For decades there were whole ebony logs washing up on the shore. I've had a few small scraps of this wood for a while. It's hard as a rock and I use it to make guitar nuts. Last week a boatbuilder friend of mine called me up. An old timer had 14 of these logs and was looking to do something with them. They milled a bunch of them up and the guy going to keep a bunch and was I guess giving the rest away. He left it at my friends shop ad told him to use what he wanted and to give it to people who might need it. He gave me a pile of the stuff. It's insane! I milled a couple pieces up into bridges and fingerboards and have enough to make some more fingerboards as well as many more bridges and nuts. Quite possibly enough to keep me in bridges for the rest of my life. I've never seen wood this hard and it rings like a bell! So crazy!